Beware: Potentially Offensive Opinion

Several years ago I developed a theory when women over 30 started getting tattoos--you know, dolphin tattoos on their ankles, butterflies o...

The Disease-which-will-be-named

Huge sigh of relief yesterday--we learned that we aren't barking up the wrong tree with Mr. T. The beginning of his dyslexia evaluat...

Mr. D goes under the bus

Like owning a house or a dog, having a spouse has its pros and cons. Green Girl and Mr. G don't always see eye to eye on certain issue...

A day of happy discovery...

Green Girl's not going to lie to you, folks. Spring is not pretty in Wisconsin. It's muddy and slushy and obstinate. Piles of sno...

Book Talk--Team Testosterone Recommends

Books. We love them. They're in every room of our house. No kidding. And we supplement our stash with frequent borrowing from the pu...

Melonomics & Shopping

Three stores visited and no new rubber boots for three boys. Add in a mommy who hates to shop and her complete disgust with big box retaile...

Good Friday...

designed by Sarah, my brilliant best friend from Waupaca I knocked myself out over today's post at Eco-Women: Protectors of the Planet s...

Charmed

Each week I bring Team Testosterone downtown for Mr. T's guitar lesson. His lessons are upstairs in a century-plus-old building that on...

Prairies & Sleep Part Deux

Bee Balm is one prairie flower that attracts butterflies. Thought I'd class up my blog a bit with some French phrases today. Bien? Oui...

Tired Tuesday

I must remember to get some Tylenol PM--these regular bouts of insomnia really kick a girl's ass by the end of the day. I had such hig...

Monday's Musings

On St. Patrick's Day... * I feel sad that the Irish (our girls' varsity basketball team) took a second in state this weekend. They...

Normal Blogging Interrupted for this news bulletin

Go Girls! Go Irish! Our girls varsity basketball team won against the defending state champions in overtime this afternoon--65-61. Tomorro...

Little House by the Prairie

Prairies once covered 9,400,000 acres in Wisconsin. Now prairies grow on fewer than 12,000 scattered acres Wisconsin Enviro Girl lives on 60...

Miscellany

Last night's PTA meeting was a mix of good and bad. Bad: the treasurer wants to resign and she's quite wonderful. I'll miss h...

Brought to you today by the Letter O

O h! That's the sound of me sitting up all week. Monday night, Mr. O (Evil Kung-Fu College Kid Karate Instructor) made us work on our...

Forecast: Spring Fever

Yes, Kids, that concrete there's a sure sign of spring. Up at the end you can see the early signs of Lake Thankgodforsumppumps. Forty de...

Green Girl Didn't Go To Med School

When Green Girl's kid and husband complain of headache, sore throat, cough (hacky, dry and unproductive), achy muscles, fatigue, shortne...

Requiem for a former student

High school teachers get their rewards--seeing students achieve things like getting into the college of their choice or winning a scholarshi...

Comfort Me, Food

They keep getting sick and staying sick and Green Girl's mighty sick of it all. Plus her head is all stuffed and plugged still and whi...

The Circle of Life

Last night at dinner, Mr. G and I eat rotisserie chicken while Mr. T and Mr. D sleep in drug-abetted slumber and Mr. B watches TV: Mr. G: (...

Quarrantine!

Except for Mr. D, who apparently feels it is his duty to go back to work and spew his toxic germs to all and sundry. He's the suit on t...

30 minutes

Mr. D stayed sick all weekend and now today I'm home with 3 sick boys. We all feel like hell. My sinuses are so plugged that I can bar...